Jeremiah 9:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

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  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul `is' in the midst of lions, I lie down `among' flames -- sons of men, Their teeth `are' a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. 4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, 25 When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations `are' in his heart. 26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth `rib' -- and he dieth -- for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou `in' peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him; 10 and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that `is' in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth `rib', and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated `it' to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, `Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;' 49 and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him;

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    3And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

    4Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

    5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

    6thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.

    4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

  • Ps 10:7
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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Ps 55:21
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    21Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars.

    3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

  • Rom 3:13-15
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    13A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

    15Swift `are' their feet to shed blood.

  • Ps 59:7
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    7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords `are' in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit `is' in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace `is' joy.

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    7And God doth shoot them `with' an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

    8And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

  • Jer 9:9
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    9For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

  • Ps 38:12
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    12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

    15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

  • Jer 8:11
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    11And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Jer 4:10
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    10And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace is for you, And struck hath a sword unto the soul!'

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Mic 3:5
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    5Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

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    26Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

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    4Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

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    9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

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    17And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

  • Hos 7:6
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    6For they have drawn near, As an oven `is' their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.